Unlocking Medical Law and Ethics will help you grasp the main concepts of Medical Law with ease. Containing accessible explanations in clear and precise terms that are easy to understand, it provides an excellent foundation for learning and revising. The information is clearly presented in a logical structure and the following features support... more...

Lee argues that the dominant constitutional analysis of academic freedom is insufficient to protect the full range of academic freedom interests that have emerged over time. As an alternative to an exclusively First Amendment foundation for this freedom, it proposes for a contract-law-based conception specifically for professors. more...

Law for Social Workers has been supporting social work students and professionals for over 20 years. Written by a qualified social worker and experienced lecturer team, this book provides the perfect combination of legal explanation and practical insight and is the ideal book to see you through your course and career. The new edition continues to provide... more...

The Book examines where the law, and hunting and fishing have intersected, often with intriguing results. You'll find cases involving personal injuries, product liability, intellectual property, and freedom of religion that will provide hours of compelling reading. This book takes a light-hearted look at thirteen cases involving hunting and... more...

Do doctors fix patients? Or do they heal them? For all of modern medicine?s many successes, discontent with the quality of patient care has combined with a host of new developments, from aging populations to the resurgence of infectious diseases, which challenge medicine?s overreliance on narrowly mechanistic and technical methods of explanation... more...

ACOs pose difficult legal issues because of their accountability for the quality, cost, and overall care of Medicare beneficiaries. ABCs of ACOs encapsulates the most applicable knowledge available on how these healthcare organizations will work within the model. more...

In 1954 the Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education ; ten years later, Congress enacted the Civil Rights Act. These monumental changes in American law dramatically expanded educational opportunities for racial and ethnic minority children across the country. They also changed the experiences of white children, who have learned in increasingly... more...

"The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, makes health insurance available to the majority of Americans. In fact, failure to obtain coverage will result in penalties, but the process of obtaining insurance can be daunting. This brief handbook explains the law and its history and tells readers how to apply for coverage and any exemptions and subsidies... more...